{"id":1136,"date":"2013-02-08T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T23:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=1136"},"modified":"2013-04-27T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T01:48:33","slug":"ajahn-stephen-wilson-buddhai-sawan-krabi-krabong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=1136","title":{"rendered":"Ajahn Stephen Wilson: Krabi Krabong Buddhai Sawan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ajahn_Stephen_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1137\" title=\"Ajahn_Stephen_01\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ajahn_Stephen_01.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ajahn_Stephen_01.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ajahn_Stephen_01-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ajahn_Stephen_01-1024x646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Ajahn\u00a0<\/em>Stephen Wilson\u00a0&#8211; Krabi Krabong Buddhai Sawan<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half\">\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<h3>Systems:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Krabi Krabong Buddhai Sawan<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold sash, 8th level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Muay Thai &#8211; Thai Boxing Association of the USA<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior instructor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stephen Wilson is a <strong>veteran of the Vietnam war<\/strong> and has been training in martial arts since 1974.\u00a0 He holds the <strong>second highest ranking (Gold Sash 8th level)<\/strong> of any non-Thai instructor in the weapon arts <strong>of Krabi Krabong<\/strong>.\u00a0 He also holds rank of senior instructor in Muay Thai under Sattrachaan Surachai Sirisute.<\/p>\n<p>Ajahn Stephen currently lives and teaches in Mount Vernon, WA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"To contact Ajahn Stephen Wilson\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=2043\"><strong>Contact Ajahn Stephen Wilson<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1737\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/KrabiKrabong-BuddhaiSawan.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1737\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1737\" alt=\"Krabi Krabong Buddhai Sawan\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/KrabiKrabong-BuddhaiSawan.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhai Sawan Fighting Institute<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1724\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ThaiBoxingUSA_w200.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1724\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1724 \" alt=\"Thai Boxing Assn USA\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ThaiBoxingUSA_w200.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thai Boxing Assn USA<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half ezcol-last\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1950 in Washington state, Stephen Wilson joined the U.S. Army in 1970.\u00a0 He toured Vietnam in 1971 and 1972 as a Sergeant (Infantry) and was awarded the Air Medal (Bronze Star), Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam).\u00a0 He started training in Niiyama Bujutsu in 1974 and attained 3rd dan.\u00a0 He began training in Thai boxing (muay Thai) in 1983 under Ajahn Sattrachaan Surachai Sirisute and attained Senior Instructor in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He trained in Bangkok, Thailand at the Buddhai Sawan Fighting Institute and became one of the first Americans to achieve Gold Sash (7th level) in Krabi Krabong.\u00a0 In 1998 he achieved his current Gold Sash 8th level ranking (Ajahn Tony Moore of the UK holds the only Gold Sash 9th level ever awared to a non-Thai).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1712\" style=\"width: 71px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/135px-Gallantry_Cross_Vietnam_61x134.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1712 \" alt=\"Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/135px-Gallantry_Cross_Vietnam_61x134.png\" width=\"61\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gallantry Cross<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Combat Infantry Badge\" alt=\"Combat Infantry (Vietnam)\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/82\/Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg\/234px-Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"84\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Combat Infantry (Vietnam)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1694\" style=\"width: 85px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/150px-Bronze_Star_medal_75x134.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1694\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1694 \" alt=\"Bronze Star\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/150px-Bronze_Star_medal_75x134.png\" width=\"75\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bronze Star<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Ajahn Stephen Wilson and student Bryan Dobler in Los Angeles CA &#8211; Sept 2006 &#8211;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">performing staff (krabong) and forearm shields (mae sowks) ram<\/div>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9_cX7sjnekA\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ajahn\u00a0Stephen Wilson\u00a0&#8211; Krabi Krabong Buddhai Sawan Ajahn Stephen Wilson and student Bryan Dobler in Los Angeles CA &#8211; Sept 2006 &#8211; performing staff (krabong) and forearm shields (mae sowks) ram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1136\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}